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For Part —Il, you should write a précis from the given passage in English within the space provided for the purpose and nowhere else. ‘You must remain seated until the answer book is collected by the invigilator. QUESTION BOOKLET ‘Please do not open the booklet unless instructed to do so by the Invigilator(s). | ‘Questions ae divided in two parts ~PartI carrying 120 marks) and Part-II (carrying 30 marks), ‘There are 120 (One Hundred and Twenty) Multiple Choice Type Questions in this booklet for Part-I, each camying one mark. There will be Negative Marking of 0.25 per wrong answer. Please be careful while answering, ‘There is one descriptive question for Part—Ii, carrying 30 marks. D TAMU www.kolorPART-1I Time - 90 minutes Total Marks - 120 Each question in this section carries one mark. Negative marks of 0.25 will be deducted for every wrong answer. 1, Which organ of fish act as rudder ? (A) Tail Fin (@) Heart (© Swim Bladder (D) Lateral Line Sense Organ 2,, Which sports playing area is 2.7 metres by 1.5 metres ? (A) Billiard (B) Table Tennis (C) LawnTennis (D) Cricket 3. _ Choose the best response to complete the given sentence : < At Wimbledon, Andre Agassi is again the of attention. (A) celebration (B) centre (© cause (D) front 4. Scientist Aryabhatta was in which dynasty 2 (A) Maurya (B) Kushan (© Satvahana ©) Gupta 5. — Wind speed is measured by an instrument (A) Barometer (B) Anemometer (© Sextant (D) Hygrometer 6. The number of members nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President (a) 2 @) 10 @ 15 (@) 12 7. — Two tangents PA and PB are drawn from the external point P of a circle with centre at O. If angle APO = 30°, angle AOB = (A) 180° (B) 150° (© 120° (D) 60° 8 L.CM. of x2yz, xy*z and xyz? is - (A) xyz ery? © yz ) xy? 9. Sea water is salty in taste due to presence of (A) CaCl, @) Mgcl, (ey NaCl @) AlCl, 10. Complete the sentence below with the most appropriate word from the alternatives given : Series-D www.kolém.in Teacher is to pupil as master is to _ (A) minor @y slave (©) attendant (D) authority PTO,11. Most hardest 7 one marrow (A) Dentine (B) Bone (©) Bnamel hain fe i ). Find the cost 12. 5% more is gained by selling a cow for € 1,010 than by selling it for & 1,000, Fin of the cow. 250 (A) 100 (B) 150 (Cc) 200 (D) 13. Choose the correct alternative: \j “These mangoes are ripe.” (A) more (B) almost (©) most (D) almostly 14. Complete the simile : “As brittle as ” (A) metal (B) mirror (©) glass 2) iron 15, Three angles of a quadrilateral are 100°, 90° and 92° respectively. Find the value of fourth angle. (A) 50° (B) 60° (oy 78° (D) 80° 16. It takes four hours for a 300 km journey, if 60 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 10 minutes more, if 100 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the car to that of the train is (A) 2:3 (B) 3:2 (©) 3:4 ©) 4:3 17. Itall happened suddenly. The opposite of ‘suddenly’ is ; (A) abruptly (B) quietly (©) momentarily (D) gradually 18. The full form of ICAR is (A) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (B) Indian Council of Atomic Research (C) International Civil Aviation Organization (D) International Committee of the Red Cross 19, Two trains are moving in the same direction at 84.5 kmph and 48,5 : crosses a man sitting in slower train in 15 seconds. The length of the foes oe 150 B) 120 Cc (A) 150m (8) 120m © ism ©) 100m 20, A wire in the form of circle of radius 42 em is cut and bent i length of the side of the square thus formed is in the form of a square. The (A) 21 “66 C) 3 (A) 21m (By 66cm © 33cm ©) 320m Series-D www.kolom.in21, An exclamanon 1s given, Choose the most appropriate statement form of the sentence from the alternatives given and select your choice : What a disappointment ! (A) Itis a disappointment, (B)_ Tam very disappointed. (©) Nothing could be more disappointing. (D)_ It is a great disappointment. 22, He and Iam well. Correct the error from the following alternatives : (A) is @y are (C)_ was (D) am 23, What is the amount of pH in acid rain? (A) 7 @®) 55-69 © <55 @) >7 24, Many people died for Cholera. Choose the correct alternative to remove error. (®) in (B) of (© with @) to 25. The sceneries of Kashmir are very charming. Rewrite the sentence correcting errors. Select the correct option. (A) The scenery of Kashmir is very charming. (B) The sceneries of Kashmir is very charming, (©) Thescenery of Kashmir are very charming. (D) The scenery of Kashmir's is very charming. 26. Lokesh’s school bus is facing North when it reaches his school. After starting from Lokesh’s house, if tums right twice and then left before reaching the school. What direction was the bus facing when it left but stop in front of Lokesh's house ? (SY North @) South (©) East ©) West 27. Who was Susrut ? (A) Artist (B) Philosopher (2 Doctor () Novelist 28. The boys of a reputed institution have “come off with flying colours” in Higher Secondary Examination. Here, the quoted idiom means (A) to achieve distinction (B) to decorate oneself with colours (C)_ tocome to greet someone (D) tobe ina jovial mood 29, The average weight of a class of 45 students is 35 kg. If the weight of the teacher is included, the average weight increases by 500 gm. The weight of the teacher is (in kg.) (A) 35.5 (B) 45.5 ©) 46 By 58 Series-D 5 PTO. www.kolom.in30. Choose the correct option of passive form : “She makes a doll.” (A) She made a doll. (B) A doll is made by she. (©) A doll is made by her. (D) A doll was made by her. 31, In an election 75% voters have polled vote. Out of which 2% are cancelled. Getting 15% votes of valid vote who selected got 9261 votes. No. of vote:s in the centre was (A) 16400 (B) 16800 (C) 16200 (D) 16000 32. Choose from the given alteratives (A), (B), (C) and (D) the word that may be correctly used to fill up the blank space in the following sentence : The____of the Head of the state created political unrest and instability. (A)” disuse (B) disease (C) decease (Dy diffuse 33. The time difference between L$.T and G.M.T is (4% Shrs 30 minutes (B) 5 hrs (© Shs 45 minutes (D) 6 hrs , ' 34, Find the correctly spelt word : (A) theseruss (B) thesaruss (©) thesarus (D) thesaurus 35. Choose the sentence which is correct : (&J Put down your name on this page (B) Putin your name on this page (©) Put out your name on this page (D) Put up your name on this page 36. Choose the antonym of the quoted word : She can’t attend office as she’s ‘unwell’. (A) indisposed (BJ unhealthy (© fit QP) ailing 37. ‘Pan’ or betel leaves are one of the important commercial produce of this district : (A) 24Parganas — (B)_ Howrah (©) Medinipur ©) Purulia 38. is 4 certain language, Bengaluru is coded CFOHBMYSV, how is Kolkata coded in that (A) ATAKLOK ~— (B) JNKIZSZ @ LPMLBUB) (D)_ OKKLTAA Series-D www.kolom.in39. The painting named ‘The Last Supper’ was the work of (4) Leonardo-da-Vinei (B) Michelangelo (C) Raphael () Renoir 40. Tick the correct answer : \ He enjoyed during the holidays. (A) He enjoyed itself during the holidays. (B) He enjoyed oneself during the holidays. (C) He enjoyed himself during the holidays. (D) None of the alternatives 41, Fill in the blank with right preposition : The sacred portals Kedamath will reopen on April 24" after their winter-time closure. (A) in (B) from (© of (D) inside 42. Choose the correct option : “Sheena, with all her cousins, gone for a movie.” (A) have (B) has (C)_ have been (D) has been 43, The difference of two acute angles in a right angled triangle is 2n/5. The value of the smallest angle is (A) 15° (B) 10° oa @) 6 44, Terracing is a process of (A) Forest conservation (B) Soil conservation (©) Water conservation () Wildlife conservation 45. The abstract noun of ‘decent’ is (A) decency (B) decence (©) decencess @) dence 46. Choose the correct alternative : (A). Forsale, table, property of a writer with carved legs (B) Forsale, table of a writer, property with carved legs (C) Forsale, carved legs table, property of a writer (Dy For sale, table with carved legs, property of a writer 47. Pick out the correct meaning of the following Idiom : To keep one’s head. (A) Tobe logical. (B) To remain cool (C) To be very clever. (D) To impress upon a man. Series-D 7 PTO. www.kolom.in49, 50. 51, 52, 53. 54, 55. 58. ‘Jim Corbett National Park’ is in the staté'of (A) Uttarakhand (8) Jammu & Kashmir (©) Madhya Pradesh @) Uttar Pradesh Fill in the blank with correct alternative, ‘The poor have no enmity each other. (A) for (B) against (© with @) to A profit of 12% is made when a mobile phone is sold at ® P and there is 4% loss when the phone is sold at € Q. Then Q: P would be (A) lil (®) 4:5 © 1:3 (D) 6:7 Choose the correct alternative : Every man should be given his, . (A). dew (B) due (© do (@) deu The first Field Marshal of the Armed Forces of India was (A) Gen. Rajendra Singh (8) S.H.F.J. Manekshaw (©) Gen. A. S. Vaidya (D) Gen. K. Sundarji Present Governor of the Reserve Bank of India is (A) Dr. Raghuram Rajan (B) Dr. Subba Rao (RY Shree Dr. Ujit Patel (D) Shree Montek Singh Ahluwalia Choose the correct option : “T shall stand by you thick and thin.” (A) in @) with (©) through (@) about Choose the antonym of the quoted ‘’ word : He is a ‘seasoned’ traveller. (A) unaccustomed (B) adept (©) veteran (D) experienced The sun is overhead at the tropic of cancer on (A) 21" March (By 21% June (©) 23" September (D) 22" December A number series is given below with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and fill in the blank space, 0,6 .,12,24, 36, 54,2, (ay 60 @) 78 © 6 orn The Author of the book ‘Saheb-Bibi-Gulam’ is (A) Ashapuma Devi @®) Bimal Mitra (©) Bimal Kar @) Samaresh Basu Serie#’D www.kolom.in61. 62. z 65. & 67. Series-D www.koldm.in If sin? 40° + sin? @ = 1, then find the value of 6. (A) 55° (B) 40° (©) 50° @) 0 Ina food-chain, tiger is a (A) _ primary consumer (B) primary producer (Cy secondary consumer (D) tertiary consumer Choose the correct synonym of the quoted word : No one was listening to his tale of ‘woe’, (A) Mirth (B) Smile (C) Happiness (D) Satisfaction ‘There are four parts of a sentence (P, Q, R, S) put in jumbled order. Put them in right order to form a meaningful sentence. Select the correct response. P = Your proposal s admirable = that the money should be used S = to build a nursery school. (A) PRSQ (B) RSQP (Cy PSRQ (D) PSQR Read the sentence and choose the most suitable of the choices given below : He swagger around the stage in a black jumpsuit. Here ‘swagger’ means to (A) accompany someone (B)_ travel on foot (©) walk with an air of superiority (D) tread thoughtlessly Power alcohol is (A) 95.5% alcohol (B) 100% alcohol (C) a mixture of ethanol and methanol ©) amixture of ethanol and petrol in equal volumes + benzene Find the rightly spelt word from the following ones : (A) Honorary (By Honourary (©) Honourery () Honorery Fill in the blank with correct alternative : You must reap what you have ___. (A) sew (B) sow (€) sown ©) will sow ‘There are four parts of a sentence (P, Q, R, S) put in jumbled order. Put them in right order to form a meaningful sentence. Select the correct response from the options given, P- have left unimpeachable testimony that Q- and could not possibly live without it R - three of the greatest teachers of the world Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad S - that they found illumination through prayer (A) RQPS (B) SPQR (C) PSRQ QP) RPSQ P.T.O,68, In the first 15 overs of a one-day cricket match, the run rate was only 6.2. To reach the target of 303 runs in the remaining 35 overs, the run rate should be (A) 14.43 (B) 62 (©) 6 @) 5.73 69. Which of the following is not correctly matched ? (A) Cactus - Mucilage (B) Robu fish - Lateral line sense organ (G} Sundri tree — Leaf is modified into spine () Pigeon Pneumatic bone 70. Which is the different in the group from other — Pather Panchali, Agantuk, Meghe Dhaka Tara, Mahanagar ? (A) Agantuk (B) Meghe Dhaka Tara (©) Mahanagar {PY Pather Panchali 71. A person bought a house taking loan % 8,00,000 at yearly 5% simple interest. To pay the loan with interest he rent the house at monthly 10,000. He will repay the loan after (A) 12 yrs. (B) 10yrs. © 8yr. @) 20yrs. 72. A 700 gm dry fruit gift pack costs 144, It contains some cashew nut and the rest are raisin. If cashew nut costs % 192 per kg and the raisin € 224 per kg, the quantity of the raisin in the box is (A) 300 gm (B) 400gm (©) 200 gm () 350gm 73. Metal presents in chlorophyll is (A) Manganese — (B) Calcium (€J Magnesium — (D) Molybdenum 74, The “Guardian of the Indian Constitution’ is (A) Constituent Assembly (B) Central Ministry (©) Bureaucracy {D) Supreme Court 75. If TOM = 48 and DICK = 27, what is HARRY equal to ? (A) 50 (B) 80 (C) 60 @y 70 76. 1 do not see eye to eye with her in this matter. Here ‘see eye to eye’ means : (A) argue (BY oppose §€) agree () adjust 77. Gour is a famous Indian animal. What is its type ? (A) Wild Buffalo (B) Wild Cow (©) Indian Bison (0) Wild ox 78. What will be the interest of © 750 for 146 days at the rate of 314% simple interest annually ? (A) 710.50 @®) 1150 () %1250 ) 13,50 Series-D 10 www.kolom.in79. (A) 35% (B) 30% (©) 25% @) 20% 80. Sachin Tendulkar is greater than most other cricketers. Rewrite the sentence using superlative degree of the adjective. Select the correct option. (A) Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest cricketer. (B) Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest cricketers. (C) No other cricketer is as great as Sachin Tendulkar. (D) Sachin is greater than any other cricketer. 81. The main commercial fibre crop of India is (A) flex B) jute (©) mesta (D) cotton 82. A's money is 2/3 part of B's money and B’s money is 4/5 part of C's money. A : C will be (A) 8:15 (B) 15:8 (C) 8:19 @) 19:8 83. If (3a +7b) : (Sa—3b) = 5: 3, then value of a : bis (A) 9:4 (B) 4:9 (© 3:2 (D) 2:3 84. Indian Classical dance was popularised abroad by (A) Hema Malini (B) Sudha Chandran (©) Uday Shankar D) Yamini Krishnamurthy 85, Susil Babu deposited % 7,000 at 8% yearly simple interest in post office few years ago. ‘After his death, his wife got % 12,600 back. Susil Babu deposited the money __ years ago. er7 () 10 © 5 @) 6 86. Express a speed of 18 km/h in metres per second. @ 4 wy 5 © 6 ©) 7 87. The root word is given, choose another appropriate word from the alternatives given to form a sensible compound word. Tick your choice —- Sword — (A) stroke (B) man (©) fighter (D) handle 88, Fourth proportion of xy, yz.and 2x is ~ (A) 2 ®) ¥ (iG 2 Ohnry Series-D ee . EEO, If goods be purchased for % 450, and one-third be sold at a loss of 10% then find the gain percent should the remainder be sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction. www.kolom.in89, Find out the synonym of ‘Renegade’ : (A) Dishonest (B) Deserter (©) Sinner (D) Rebel 90. How many Mondays are there in a particular month of a year, if the month ends on Wednesday ? cay 4 (B) 5 © 4or5 (D) None 91, Ina mixture of 90 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 2: 1. Ifthe ratio isto be 2 : 3, then the quantity of water to be further added is (in litres) (A) 60 (B) 54 (© 72 (@) 30 92. The smallest perfect square number that is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 would be (A) 60 £8) 3600 (©) 900 @) 120 93, Which of the following is correct ? (A) IMB =2048 bites ({B) 1 KB = 1024 bites (C) 1MB=1000KB (D) Both (A) and (B) 94. World Environment Day is celebrated on (A) 25" December (B) 20" September (Gy 5" June (@) 9" July 95, In acity the taxi fare is € 18 for the 1* one kilometre or less and then & 1.50 for every extra Kilometre or part thereof. A man paid @ C after travelling x km(x > 1), then which relation is true? (A) C=18+3x 8) c=1843e 3 © C=18+3e-1) © ca18r+3e-1) 96, Fill inthe blank. Iwas astonished ____ the bad news. (AY at (B) in (C) with (D) to 97. Inthe West Bengal Legislative Assembly a quorum is when, of the total membership, there is the presence of (A) One tenth (B) One fourth (©) One half (D) One third 98. Before repairing a bike needs 4/5 hr per day servicing for 60 days. After repairing it servicing same hr per day for 80 days. The time fraction save of servicing afer ropelring ‘. (A) 4/5 part (B) 5/16 part (C) 5/6 part (D) 2S part Series-D 12 www.kolom.in100. 101. 102. 103. 104, 105. 106. 107. 108, Fill in the blank : We are going to invite him dinner. QF to ®) for (©) at (D) towards 1f9*=3%, then (A) 2ey 8) 2x=y © x=2y @) yx If the area of the circumcircle of an equilateral triangle be 616 sq.m., then the height of the triangle is (in m.) (A) 28 @) 7 © 4 @) 21 The tidal forest is known as (A) Tropical Evergreen Forest 4B) Wet Deciduous Forest (©) Mangrove Forest (D) Alpine Forest Which root of the inequality 7x + 5 > 5x +9 lies within the set {0, 1, 2, 3} ? (A) 0 B®) 1 (ef 2 @) 3 Mr. Banerjee bought a government cash certificate at yearly 14% simple interest in this context that his wife and son will get the amount in 3 : 2 ratio after 10 years. If son received ¥ 6,720 after the term, then value of the certificate was (A) 6,000 (@) 77,000 (©) %5,000 (D) % 10,000 The nick name of Swami Vivekananda was (A) Surendranath (B) Narendranath (C) Bhupendranath (D)- Sailendranath The author of ‘An Unknown Indian’ is (A) Kuldip Nayar (B) Amrita Pritam (©) Nirad C, Choudhuri (D) Anurag Mathur ‘The value of tan 4° tan 43° tan 47° tan 86° tan 45° is @ @) 143 ©1 ©) 0 ‘The angles of a triangle are inthe ratio 1: 2: 3. The angles are (A) 452,908, 180° (B). 10°,20°,30° (Gy 30°, 60%, 90° (D) 20%, 402, 60° 109, The magnitude of “gravity of earth : gravity of moon” is approximately (A) 1:6 ®B) 1:80 (6:1 ©) 80:1 110, Safed Hathi was directed by this film maker : ; (A) Tapan Sinha (BJ Tarun Majumdar (C) Ajay Kar ©) Satyajit Roy Series-D P.T.O. www.kolom.in111. Choose the correct combination so as to form a meaningful sentence : All religions are 1. justice and freedom 2. — to advance the cause of peace 3. ina holy partnership 4. — bound together fs) 4321 (B) 2314 (©) 1342 (D) 3241 112. The constituent particles of the nucleus of atom are (A) proton and electron (By proton and neutron (C) neutron and electron (D) neutron and positron 113. Plucking -- Rolling -- Fermenting -- Drying -- Sorting -- Blending -- Packing etc. are the process for marketing the crop of (A) Coffee (B) Sugarcane (CY Edible oil (D) Tea 114, The paramilitary forces who guarded Nazi meetings and attacked the gatherings of other parties, (A) EliteGuards (B) Gestapo (C)_ Red Shirts (D) Storm Troopers 115. Choose the sentence which is grammatically correct. (A) He is vulnerable to criticism. (B) He is vulnerable for criticism. (©) Heis vulnerable from criticism. (D) He is vulnerable at criticism, 116. What is the pseudonym of Madhusudan Dutta ? (A). Stim (B) Moumachi (CY Nabakumar Kabiratna @) Poyen 117. Area of a circle ‘a’ sq.units, circumference is ‘b’ units and diagonal is ‘c’ units, Value of afbe will be @ 1 @®) 2 © “ ©) 12 118, The age of Sukanta Babu is twice that of the elder son, Ten years later he will be three times old as his younger son. If the difference between the ages of the two sons is 1 ‘years, the present age of Sukanta Babu is (A) 70 years (B) 64 years (©) 50 years @& sah 119. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given : The jury divided in their opinion, (A) has (B) have © is P) are 120, In West Bengal the percentage of seats reserved for women in the Panchayat is (A) 20% (B) 33% {er 30% hen Series-D www.kolém.inPART-II 121. Write a précis of the passage : Marks - 30 Birds are beautiful gifts of nature. Their songs and sounds make nature vibrant with life. ‘Their beautiful looks, colors and sweet notes make nature charming. Their contribution to environment is very important. They eat pests and insects and thus protect crops from being devoured by these smull creatures that infest the corn fields, Birds like crows find their food in the heaps of rubbish and vultures eat rotten flesh of dead cattle. Thus they keep our environment clean and fit for living. They plan an important role in maintaining the balance of ecosystem. But it is a matter of regret that growing urbanization and the filling of water bodies are destroying natural habitat of birds and some of species face extinction. eco www.kolom.in